From an article on Istvan Makky, published a year or two before he passed away: October 1959 The tool is smaller than a teaspoon. It's used for making delicate lines and scooping ridges in the molds that are used to cast metal sculptures. An administrator handed it to Mr. Makky on his first day of metalworking school in 1953 in Communist Hungary, along with work boots, six pairs of socks and underwear. He carried it when he slipped past the border guards with machine guns and through the barbed-wire fence. He carried it as he looked for work in Austria. He carried it to Flushing, Queens, where he raised a family, and to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where he built a foundry of his own. He does not let anyone else use it, not even his youngest son, Bill, who runs the business with him. ''It's like your favorite pen,'' Mr. Makky said. ''I used it in Hungary. I used it in Vienna. From there, I come here. I am fond of it.''
From an article on Istvan Makky, published a year or two before he passed away: October 1959 The tool is smaller than a teaspoon. It's used for making delicate lines and scooping ridges in the molds that are used to cast metal sculptures. An administrator handed it to Mr. Makky on his first day of metalworking school in 1953 in Communist Hungary, along with work boots, six pairs of socks and underwear. He carried it when he slipped past the border guards with machine guns and through the barbed-wire fence. He carried it as he looked for work in Austria. He carried it to Flushing, Queens, where he raised a family, and to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where he built a foundry of his own. He does not let anyone else use it, not even his youngest son, Bill, who runs the business with him. ''It's like your favorite pen,'' Mr. Makky said. ''I used it in Hungary. I used it in Vienna. From there, I come here. I am fond of it.''
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